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Philadelphia, Here I Come!
Opens: 26/07/2012 Closes: 22/09/2012
Donmar Warehouse, London
Lyndsey Turner takes a break from a recent stint directing Posh at the Royal Court to tackle an entirely different faction of British Isles society. The play that launched Brian Friel's career in 1964 is now familiar as a set text in Irish schools, as is the playwright's love of linguistic acrobatics - which ultimately fail to detract from the ‘tragi' in this comedy.
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80 %
The Telegraph“An exemplary revival...” Not some effortful, if nobly experimental museum-piece conceit but an evening that, for all the artifice, pulses with authentic emotion...
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80 %
The Huffington Post“Throwing new light on an age-old dilemma...” Philadelphia, Here I Come! - the play that put writer Brian Friel on the map of classic modern drama in 1964 - is about the pain of a family living together as strangers...
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90%
The Stage“http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/36912/philadelphia-here-i-come” This is such a strong ensemble that to pick out a few performances would be to do it an injustice. All are good...
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80 %
The Independent“A tragicomic kick and dramatic dynamism...” Turner’s vividly cast production moves with impressive fluency through the present-tense drama, flashbacks and re-enactments in this play about being in two minds...
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100%
Evening Standard“A wistful and deeply moving production...” Friel had his first hit in 1964 with this poetic and intense play, which suggests (among much else) that Ireland’s greatest export is its people. Here it gets a note-perfect revival, courtesy of director Lyndsey Turner...
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80 %
Financial Times“A fine piece of ensemble work...” A poignant collective portrait of the impossibility of leaving behind one’s own past, nor of living in it. Josie Rourke’s programming in her first year at the Donmar continues to be impressive and stimulating...
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80 %
Guardian“It's a play that creeps up on you by stealth...” Brian Friel's 1964 play, beautifully directed by Lyndsey Turner, lends fresh life to a stock situation in two ways: by giving voice to the hero's alter ego, and by focusing on the power of unarticulated feeling...
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80 %
Whatsonstage.com“A pitch-perfect peach of a revival...” Friel’s first big success... remains, like Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, the early play with shadows and premonitions of the rest...
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60%
The Arts Desk“An often-snarky ride...” Markedly better after the interval than during an abrasive first half, the director Lindsey Turner’s determinedly unsentimental take on Brian Friel’s breakthrough 1964 play comes at a price...
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